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Sentence count:250+38Posted:2017-02-15Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: bluntboringdingydrearydryflatgrayinactiveslowsluggishstupiduninterestingbrightkeensharpvividSimilar words: adultscheduleindulgeadulterymodulateundulantcredulouspendulumMeaning: [dʌl]  v. 1. make dull in appearance 2. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness 3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping 4. make numb or insensitive 5. make dull or blunt 6. become less interesting or attractive 7. make less lively or vigorous. adj. 1. lacking in liveliness or animation 2. emitting or reflecting very little light 3. being or made softer or less loud or clear 4. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness 5. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted 6. not keenly felt 7. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity 8. (of business) not active or brisk 9. not having a sharp edge or point 10. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility 11. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft 12. darkened with overcast. 
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181. Apart from a dull ache in his leg, Larsen has completely recovered from the crash.
182. Before his eyes dull muddy grass turned into soft reflective banks which caught the sun a thousand ways.
183. It was another dull day, but, suitably attired, she later went by taxi up to the house.
184. I am feeling much better, though there are many times when I feel a dull ache.
185. And, you know, there isn't one dull moment in the entire opera!
186. I have never taken the Financial Times, finding it dull, badly written and vulgarly obsessed with money.
187. In so far as she possibly can, she lets this great dull store of words speak for themselves, without addition to their number.
188. Such students may seem to lack initiative and may even be dismissed as dull.
189. The lake was below, the dull tinkle of cowbells came up to me.
190. If a painter wishes to paint a sombre portrait, he first covers the canvas entirely with a dull brown colour.
191. The weather might be dull, it might be drizzling, but Broadstairs promenade had changed almost beyond recognition.
192. The study - by media consultants Billets - said the worst hit are ads between soccer, dull sitcoms and documentaries.
193. The brilliant colours make even the glossiest illustration seem dull by comparison.
194. The media are dull beyond belief because of the heavy censorship.
195. Her own visit to the cinema with an inarticulate young man from the West of Ireland seemed very dull by comparison.
196. The dull lights behind the large windows provide no comfort.
197. This season's TV shows are all pretty dull and derivative.
198. It is the sort of dull nitty-gritty subject believed to be vital for the survival of any self-respecting congressman.
199. It wasn't really very bad but it was a dull ache that made her realise she would never get to sleep.
200. But the stores group, Kingfisher shone out like a beacon in the dull market.
201. And their dull appearance is often accompanied by teaching methods that consist mostly of scribbling graphs on a blackboard.
202. The direct downward view is dull unless it contains another subject at an interim level, such as a kite.
203. The pain in her lower back subsided leaving a dull ache.
204. Jack Kemp would have to recommend that tax brackets be compressed to as low as 10 percent to dull their allure.
204. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.
205. Why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life? Sylvia Plath 
206. Think penitent ... and in less capable hands, downright dull.
207. Two dull cracks resounded as bullets bored through the ceiling.
208. Even the most interesting of jobs will have its fair share of dull moments, for there is drudgery in every job.
209. The dull light cast thick shadows in the small room where her brother-in-law had worked.
210. For wholefood enthusiasts, I would recommend buckwheat pasta rather than wholemeal, which I think is rather dull in flavour and texture.
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